List of active United States naval aircraft

The list of United States naval aircraft contains types currently used by the United States Navy. For a complete list of naval aircraft designated under pre-1962 United States Navy designation systems, see List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962); for aircraft without formal designations, see List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States. For a list of all naval aircraft designated under the post-1962 unified Department of Defense designations, see List of military aircraft of the United States.

Aircraft

Current inventory

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Combat Aircraft
F/A-18 Super Hornet	United States	multirole	F/A-18E/F	421	76 on order[1]
F-35 Lightning II	United States	stealth multirole	F-35C	30	204 on order[1]
AWACS
E-2 Hawkeye	United States	AEW	E-2C/D	83	25 on order[1]
Electronic Warfare
E-6 Mercury	United States	TACAMO		16[1]
EA-18 Growler	United States	radar jamming / SEAD	EA-18G	153[1]
EP-3 Orion	United States	ELINT / SIGINT		9[1]
Maritime Patrol
P-3 Orion	United States	ASW / patrol	P-3C	8[1]
P-8 Poseidon	United States	ASW / patrol	P-8A	118	10 on order[1]
Transport
C-2 Greyhound	United States	COD / transport		26[1]	Retiring by 2024, replaced by V-22[2]
C-12 Huron	United States	transport		69	64 on order[1]
C-20 Grey Ghost	United States	VIP transport	C-20G	2[1]
C-26 Metroliner	United States	transport / Reconnaissance	C-26D	9[1]
C-38 Courier	United States	transport	C-38A	2
C-40 Clipper	United States	VIP transport		17[1]
C-130 Hercules	United States	transport	C-130T	28[1]	11 provide aerial refueling
C-130 Super Hercules	United States	transport	C-130J	1[1]
Helicopter
CH-53 Super Stallion	United States	minesweeping / MCM	MH-53E	26[1]
SH-60 Seahawk	United States	ASW / VERTREP / SAR	H-60R/S/H	454	3 on order[1]
V-22 Osprey	United States	COD / transport	CMV-22B	27	34 on order[1]
Trainer Aircraft
F-5 Tiger II	United States	jet trainer	F-5F/N	31[1]	OpFor training
F-16 Fighting Falcon	United States	jet trainer	F-16A/B	22[1]	OpFor training
F/A-18 Hornet	United States	conversion trainer	F/A-18A/B/C/D	43[1]
F/A-18 Super Hornet	United States	conversion trainer	F/A-18E/F	128[1]
F-35 Lightning II	United States	conversion trainer	F-35C	15[1]
T-6 Texan II	United States	basic trainer	T-6A/B/C	294	29 on order[1]
T-34 Mentor	United States	trainer		15[1]
T-38 Talon	United States	USNTPS trainer		10[1]
T-44 Pegasus	United States	multi-engine trainer	T-44C	56[1]	Retirement starting in 2024, replaced by T-54
T-45 Goshawk	United Kingdom / United States	jet trainer	T-45C	189[1]
T-54	United States	multi-engine trainer	T-54A	2[3]	8 on order with option for an additional 54[1]
C-26 Metroliner	United States	USNTPS trainer	C-26A	1[1]	Flight officer training
C-38 Courier	United States	chase plane / radar target	C-38A	2[1]
TH-57 Sea Ranger	United States	rotorcraft trainer		116[1]	3 are OH-58C variant
TH-73 Thrasher	Italy	rotorcraft trainer		59	71 on order[1]
U-1 Otter	Canada	trainer	U-1B	1[1]
U-6 Beaver	Canada	trainer	U-6B	2[1]
UH-72 Lakota	Germany	trainer / test evaluator		5[1]
UH-60 Blackhawk	United States	rotorcraft trainer		4[1]

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  An F-35C conducts a test flight with VX-23, February 2011
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  A C-2 Greyhound from VRC-40, October 2009
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  An SH-60 Seahawk of HSL-47, April 2018
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  An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to VFA-102, May 2006
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  A C-40A Clipper from VR-59, August 2015
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  A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at an airshow in 2012

See also

• United States Marine Corps Aviation#Current inventory
• List of active United States Air Force aircraft
• United States Army Aviation Branch#Equipment
• List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard#Aircraft

References

1. Embraer, In association with. "2024 World Air Forces directory". Flight Global. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
2. "Navy's COD Transition from C-2A to CMV-22B Accelerated; First V-22 Deployment Set for 2021". USNI News. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
3. "Textron Aviation Special Missions begins deliveries of U.S. Navy Beechcraft King Air 260 Multi-Engine Training System (METS) Aircraft". Textron Aviation newsroom. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

External links

• Navy Fact File